ok. winters coming quickly and now that the cold is here (northern ontario) i will be driving and then all of a sudden windows will fog up bad and take forever to unfog with heat blowing... only way to unfog is to drive with windows open and ac on.. can anyone help me with this? its very dangerous when driving and need to fix this asap.. the car is a 94 civic lx. thanks in advance

 

you probably have some condensation in your car. let you car sit overnight somewhere in a warm garage with all your doors and windows open.

 

What Eran said, plus try this:



It has always worked well for me.

 

expletive that ****. Seriously. It's one of the worst products I've ever used. I've used it on multiple vehicles, following the directions to a "T", and it makes my windows fog up worse. If you have interior condensation, all that's going to do is make the water roll off your window and behind your dash and pannels, creating mold.

 

I use that Rain-x fog stuff on my EG and it works okay for me, definitley cut down the fog quite a bit.
But if your interior is wet and it's building up condensation on the windows it's not going to help much.

 

i wish i could let it sit in a warm garage but we dont have one and i dont know anyone who has a garage i could use :/

 

Rub soap on the inside of the windshield

 

double check all your gaskets along the door edges and the trunk etc. for wear and aging.
sometimes the gaskets just get old and they start to let a little moisture in at a time.
another good thing to try is to never park your car with your windows open OVERNIGHT. The night air usually has more moisture than that of the day. open windows overnight let in the moist air and it settles onto everything and gets soaked into your upholstery by even a minute amount and then when there is a little rise in temp it evaps and you know the rest.
BTW isn't your climate control setup to when you put it on windshield defrost it should automatically put on your a/c to the windshield. works bangin and fast

 

do not use recirculate for your air/heat. I left it on that all the time in winter here in Tennessee and I got bad fog but I turned recirculate off and didn't get fogged as bad.

 

old t shirt or rag! instant fog removal

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99d16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you can- let it sit outside with the windows open-[let the inside and outside temp equal]

if you let the inside of the car get wet this summer or somethig it hasnt dried up yet!
its like your driving atrium

1 let it dry out
2 dont let your hot flashes take over
3 open a window
4 turn the heat [blower]on before the windows fog up</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wow, this whole post doesn't make any sense!

 

when i first brought my car the windows fogged up alot so i decided to strip it down, found some moisture in and under the carpet so i used a heat gun and aimed it at a fair distance and dried up the carpet. windows barely fogged up afterwards.

 

Check for water on the floor underneath your rubber mats. If it's wet, then let it sit with windows open and the mats removed. You probably have a water leak somewhere.

My '92 civic had a leak from the rain gutter that takes water from from below the windshield wiper motor and down the side of the car. Look up under your dash board for rust stains along the footwell.

 

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Wow, this whole post doesn't make any sense!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wow, it made sense to me. Maybe your just an idiot

If your gona post dumb **** like this then maybe offer some tech help with it instead of a random statement insulting 99d16's intelligence. Maybe he deserves it for not being able to string together a fully coherent sentence, but he still makes his point and offers insight into the OP's problem.

disposable, when you are trying to defog your windows, make sure the AC button is on as well as the defog.

 

i hear shaving cream and then wipe it off works also

 

i heard about shaving cream and wiping it off w/ dry towel works too!

 

Run cold air on the windows rather than warm air. Rear defogger's fine because it's an element, but in the front turn it to the "blue" zone all the way and amp the fan up all the way.

It's one of the things you have to deal with when you drive a Honda. Not exactly Aston Martins.

 

best trick is finding the source of the condensation (wetness). if you find nothing, the only advice is have is try what everyone is saying, and ontop of that, use the fresh air (vent) instead of recirculated air, a/c on, temp setting half way. full blast.

that works for me, but i dont have much problems with fog.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">expletive that ****. Seriously. It's one of the worst products I've ever used. I've used it on multiple vehicles, following the directions to a "T", and it makes my windows fog up worse. If you have interior condensation, all that's going to do is make the water roll off your window and behind your dash and pannels, creating mold.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Also used it and did not work, I like there other product though.

 

You cannot have your defroster on recirculation.

 

i also have this prblem and i know that water sonmetime leaks in the back of my hatch so that is deff the reason why right?

 

wipe down the inside of the windows with shampoo and wipe it off, works wonders

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Miracle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What Eran said, plus try this:



It has always worked well for me. </TD></TR></TABLE>


i tried that, it left this film on my windows and every time the sun hits it i cant see ****. its damn near impossible to get off too.

i just use AC to clear up fogging isues

 

its also said that a 1/2 mix of water and vinegar will keep them from fogging up but never tried it. i typically use the ac and keep it on inside heat and do it once every 5-10 minutes or so. seems to keep it under control for the most part.

 

mine just to do that until i figure it out(have to have ac on) too when i put my 97 ex on the windshield defrost the ac green light comes on too. so you have to leave it on for a while